Year: 2017

Polaroid Corporation

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

Polaroid is an American company that is a brand licensor and marketer of its portfolio of consumer electronics to companies that distribute consumer electronics and eyewear. It is best known for its Polaroid instant film and cameras.

The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit the use of its Polaroid polarizing polymer.[1]:3 Land ran the company until 1981. Its peak employment was 21,000 in 1978, and its peak revenue was $3 billion in 1991.[2]

When the original Polaroid Corporation was declared bankrupt in 2001,[3][4]its brand and assets were sold off.[5] The “new” Polaroid formed as a result[3][5] itself declared bankruptcy in 2008, resulting in a further sale and the present-day Polaroid Corporation.

Source: Polaroid Corporation – Wikipedia

Polaroid Corporation was last modified: September 25th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

Mitch Kapor

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

Mitchell David “Mitch” Kapor (Listeni/ˈkeɪ.pʊər/ kay-poor),[1] born November 1, 1950,[2][3] is an entrepreneur best known for promoting the first spreadsheet VisiCalc, and later founding Lotus, where he was instrumental in developing the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He left Lotus in 1986. In 1990 with John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and served as its chairman until 1994. Kapor has been an investor in the personal computing industry, and supporter of social causes, like the Hidden Genius Project, The College Bound Brotherhood, and Advancement Project. As Partner at Kapor Capital and the Kapor Center for Social Impact, Mitch, along with his wife Freada Kapor Klein, invests in social impact tech startups that seek to narrow gaps in opportunity and access for underrepresented communities and attempt to eliminate barriers to full participation across the tech ecosystem.

Source: Mitch Kapor – Wikipedia

Mitch Kapor was last modified: September 25th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

dictionary – How can I add text-to-speech to GoldenDict? – Ask Ubuntu

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

How can I add a text to speech service or any other similar services to GoldenDict for offline use?I am using Ubuntu 13.10 and I want to learn how to pronounce English words I don’t know.

Source: dictionary – How can I add text-to-speech to GoldenDict? – Ask Ubuntu

dictionary – How can I add text-to-speech to GoldenDict? – Ask Ubuntu was last modified: July 13th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

bind – How do I do a complete BIND9 DNS Server Configuration with a hostname? – Ask Ubuntu

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

I need a complete step-by-step guide on how to produce such a server configuration.Can anyone help-me?

Source: bind – How do I do a complete BIND9 DNS Server Configuration with a hostname? – Ask Ubuntu

bind – How do I do a complete BIND9 DNS Server Configuration with a hostname? – Ask Ubuntu was last modified: July 13th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

Chris Espinosa

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

Chris Espinosa is a senior employee of Apple Inc., officially employee number 8.[1] Having joined the company at the age of fourteen in 1976 when it was still housed in Steve Jobs’ parents’ garage, writing software manuals and coding after school, he is the company’s current and all-time longest-serving employee.

Source: Chris Espinosa – Wikipedia

Chris Espinosa was last modified: September 25th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic